Hamlet Act I Commentaries

Hamlet 1.1 Commentary

Hamlet 1.2 Commentary

Hamlet 1.3 Commentary

Hamlet 1.4 Commentary

Hamlet 1.5 Commentary

Quotes from Act I

"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark" - Marcellus

"Neither a borrower nor a lender be" - Polonius

"Give thy thoughts no tongue" - Polonius

"Frailty, thy name is woman" - Hamlet

"This above all: to thine own self be true" - Polonius

"The funeral bak'd meats did coldly
furnish forth the marriage tables" - Hamlet